Hi all,
In our new house we have a back garden of about 55 m2 in a very poor state. The grass is very long and thick and there are quite a few weeds. It is also quite bumpy but I think that's more to do with the long grass being clumped together.
Anyway, I was going to get the lot returfed and had a guy come and look at it who sprayed the whole lawn with a herbicide and then went away asking me to call him in 2 weeks. 4 weeks later all the grass was yellow and dead but the weeds were relatively untouched. In the meantime my company is starting to make people redundant so I don't want to splash out too much cash anymore and now want a cheaper option. Access to the back garden is also very limited so the quote was quite high to account for that and reseeding strikes me as the better option now.
So my question is - what's the best way to get this ready for reseeding - I have now 55m2 of long thick dead grass and patches of weeds? I've removed most of the dead grass from part of it but its very difficult to get it all out. Should I just dig it over well, rake it level and stamp it down or is there a better way?
In our new house we have a back garden of about 55 m2 in a very poor state. The grass is very long and thick and there are quite a few weeds. It is also quite bumpy but I think that's more to do with the long grass being clumped together.
Anyway, I was going to get the lot returfed and had a guy come and look at it who sprayed the whole lawn with a herbicide and then went away asking me to call him in 2 weeks. 4 weeks later all the grass was yellow and dead but the weeds were relatively untouched. In the meantime my company is starting to make people redundant so I don't want to splash out too much cash anymore and now want a cheaper option. Access to the back garden is also very limited so the quote was quite high to account for that and reseeding strikes me as the better option now.
So my question is - what's the best way to get this ready for reseeding - I have now 55m2 of long thick dead grass and patches of weeds? I've removed most of the dead grass from part of it but its very difficult to get it all out. Should I just dig it over well, rake it level and stamp it down or is there a better way?